JWMS Weekly Update #29
Friday, April 19
JWMS Master Calendar
Everday Heroes- Lauren Close and Alicyn Pulcini
Congratulations to Lauren Close and Alicyn Pulcini who were honored as Everyday Heroes at the Wednesday, April 03 Board of Education meeting. Lauren and Alicyn were nominated by Jenn Civitillo. In addition to the many ways they contribute to our school, Jenn cited their efforts in organizing and planning the first grade 7th grade class field trip in years! You can read Jenn's nomination letter here.
Kudos to Lauren and Alicyn! What a well deserved honor and recognition!
Smarter Balanced Testing
Smarter Balanced assessments will begin on May, 07 with the NGSS in grades 5 and 8.
We will be holding training sessions for Encore and Grade Levels on the Wednesday, April 24 grade level meetings to get ready for testing.
We will also be hosting an optional SBA sandbox for all support staff, Para educators, tutors and other staff involved in testing. The session will be held on Monday, April 29 from 3:10-3:40.
In the meantime, you can click on the page below for helpful links and information for testing. A reminder that you will have to reset your password to log back into the TIDE system if you have not already done so this school year.
2024 Smarter Balanced/NGSS Links and Information-Spring 2024
Testing dates are below. Please be mindful of the dates below regarding planning for Temp. Leave requests. If you anticipate any requests coming in for a testing date, please see me.
Tuesday, May 07- NGSS (5 & 8 Only)- 8:05-10:05
Thursday, May 09- SBA ELA- 8:05-10:05
Monday, May 13- SBA Math CAT- 8:05-10:05
Wednesday, May, 15- SBA Math PT- 8:05-9:42
Please reach out to me, Marco, Alicyn or Emily with any questions.
-Dan
Reminder- Grade 5 Orientation 2024
A reminder that our incoming grade 5 students from Ruth Chaffee and John Paterson will be joining us this coming Monday from 9-10:30.
Please share this information with your students and encourage them to give our new JWMS crew a very warm welcome when they are here on Monday!